Teaming up with existing moving service Bellhops, UberMovers will provide free and professional moving services for up to a half hour for students in Atlanta between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday. The same moving services are available in Nashville on Saturday and Sunday. UberMovers are free for new Uber users, and for a charge by the half hour for existing users.

Uber will send over two professional Bellhops movers and some free Uber gear to those using the service.

The company says its movers can help students lift mattresses, move furniture across campus, unload moving pods and remove trash after unpacking. The service can’t help pick up large items off-site or help with electrical services like mounting TVs. To move an item across campus, you need to let Uber know up front the location because they’ll be scheduling due to distance.

A spokesman for Uber told me there would be several moving teams in each location, but on its blog it warned students that there will likely be a high demand for these services.

But especially on college campuses like mine where the service is already the preferred method to get to and from bars, Uber could have a strong moving business. Bellhops might be one of the largest names in college moving services right now, but Uber’s advantage is that most are already familiar with its driving services and have the app. By teaming up, Uber and Bellhops could profit from the many carless students in need of moving help.

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